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235.990 Penalties.
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or administrative
regulations adopted under this chapter shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50)
nor more than two hundred dollars ($200). After July 15, 2000, any person who
violates KRS 235.230 shall be fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15) nor more
than one hundred dollars ($100) and each day the violation continues may constitute
a separate offense.
Any person who violates KRS 235.240 shall not be subject to the penalties of KRS
Chapter 189A but shall be guilty of a separate offense and subject to a fine of two
hundred dollars ($200) to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first offense, a
fine of three hundred fifty dollars ($350) to five hundred dollars ($500) for the
second offense, and a fine of six hundred dollars ($600) to one thousand dollars
($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty (30) days, or
both, for the third or subsequent offense. Refusal to submit to a breath alcohol
analysis or similar test in violation of KRS 235.240(3) shall be deemed an offense.
(a) A person may, in addition or in lieu of the penalties specified in subsection (1)
or (5) of this section, be required to take a safe-boating course approved by the
department or offered by the United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard
Auxiliary, or U.S. Power Squadron and to present the court a certificate
documenting successful completion of the course.
(b) A person shall, in addition to the penalties of subsection (2) of this section, be
required to take a safe-boating course offered by the department and to present
the court a certificate documenting successful completion of the course. The
person attending a class under this paragraph shall pay the department a fee of
one hundred dollars ($100) for the costs of materials and instruction before
receiving a certificate of completion.
After July 15, 2000, any person who violates KRS 235.420 or 235.430 shall be
fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). A
person who violates KRS 235.420 or 235.430 shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) for the second
offense, and not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500) for the third or any subsequent offense.
Any person failing to obey a citation issued in accordance with KRS 235.315 shall
be guilty of a separate offense and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor
more than two hundred dollars ($200).
Any person who makes a false statement regarding a marine boat toilet on the
application for registration or renewal registration for a motorboat shall be fined one
hundred dollars ($100). This penalty shall be separate from any other penalty that
may be applicable for violation of this chapter.
Any person who resists, obstructs, interferes with, threatens, attempts to intimidate,
or in any other manner interferes with any officer in the discharge of his duties,
other than a criminal homicide or an assault against an officer enforcing the
provisions of this chapter, KRS Chapter 150, or the administrative regulations
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issued under either of these chapters, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Any person who commits a criminal homicide or an assault against an officer
enforcing the provisions of this chapter, KRS Chapter 150, or the administrative
regulations issued under either of these chapters shall be subject to the penalties
specified for the offense under KRS Chapter 507 or 508, as appropriate.
Any person who violates KRS 235.203 shall be fined fifty dollars ($50).
Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 474, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
22, sec. 4, effective March 3, 1998; ch. 71, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1998; and ch.
275, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 310. -Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 2. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 68, Art. VIII,
secs. 26 and 36.
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